June 5th 2011

Ascension Day was celebrated last Thursday and we now come to the final promise Jesus made to his disciples before he was taken from them. “Lo I am with you always, even on to the end of the world” (Matt. 28: 20). “And you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8)  Jesus is promising them and us that he will not send anyone out in to the world without his constant presence and support. He is always with us. That support is not a vague presence but a real power, the power of the Holy Spirit. We will not be people who are just informed but people who are transformed. Heaven is not a vague place, high in the sky, it is a reality here on earth which we can all experience. We need to wait prayerfully for that to happen each day in our lives.